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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-02-15
soil, Crops aud Moisture.

The interesting researches in Germany
of Professor L. Wollny have shown that
ooJn soil and crops have a great influence
upon the proportion of moisture in the at,
no>phere. Other things being equal, the
atmospheric moisture Is greatest over
bumus soils. least over sands. and takes
an intermediate position over ciays. The
air over Hat and conclye surfaces is
moister than that over adj jacent slopes.
Ground inClining TO the north contributes
more to the moisture OF the air than
southern slopes, while eaaJerly and west
eriy inclines take an interme late place.
The moisture IS greater over plant-cOv
cred tract than over bare soil, and in
rraases with the density of the vegeta-
ton.
Among ordinary crops, meadows impart
most moisture 10 the air: then follow
perennial fodder plants, such as clover
and lucerne; then summer crops which
have prolonged vegetation, such as tur-
nips, maize, oats, beans, and potatoes;
then those of bFiefer growth, as flax, rye,
barley and pease; and, lastly, winter
Observation-Disclosures Traveller
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-02-15
AHnmnrist HYhn Rioh.

Joel Chandler Harris CUncle Remus) ;,
the Georgia humOrist, is reported to be
rich-a fact which seems to be more hui
mOrOus than anything he has written.
He owns large interest in The Atlanta
Constitution, of which he is one of the ed
itOrs; is u director and large stakeholder
in the Georgia Central railroad, and owns
a vast tract of the best timber land in the
state. He has remarkable business ca
pacity, o which, it is almost needless to
say. he owes his fortune, not to his skill in
writing Atlanta is one of the most en-
terprsing and progressive town in the
country, and his investments there in
land and other things have proved very
profitable. His friends think he has
trae Yankee smaTtness; that he can tell
al a glance where there is an opportunity
TO make money, and that he loses no time
i'll embracing the opportunity. Unlike
many men of financial. abilities, he has no
grasping tendencies; he is kind hearted
and generous, and is particularly inclined
Ia help those struggling with the pen for
an honest liyelihoOd.-New York Com
laercial Advertiser
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-02-15
A Zine Dinner in Japan.

BY invitation we went to the hotel one
evening to dine withthis interesting fam
lily. The invitation was extended after
this manner: An elegant tray holding
a box of choice CONNECTIONS, a fan of eX-
quisite workmanship, and a ceremonial
folded paper blank, but tied with daintl-
est red and white silk cord. They re-
ceived us in light, airy apartments, where
the paper screens and doors were all re-
moved, making six rooms in one, neatly
matted and piled with soft cushions and
touches, besides a large table and arm
chairs, this last being an effort to con-
form to foreign customs
We, in turn, tried to conform to theirs,
and rested upon the cushions while being
served with delicate tea by obsequiOus
servants, on delicately braided straw
walters from tiny cups of choicest ware,
and watched our dinner in course of prep
aratiOn. This was cooked before our eyes
on little "hibOchi," a brazen pot that
contains charcoal and n cooking appara-
tus, which soon supplied us with the
choicest of mackerel, leg of Yen1son,
sweet potatoes and eggs. Spirited upon
the board was also a roast duck. The
long, low table was profusely decorated
with Japan'S choicest flowers, and huge
pyramids OF half peeled oranges and
sponge cake whetted the appetite. For
dessert we were served with tray of per-
simmons and a basket of pears, sweet
potato cIIstard and lemon jelly. It is GER
tain that we partOok Of all with never-tO-
e forgotten enjoyment, and much pleas
ant conversation ensued Of the great
changes III the nation and its promising
OuJiOOk.-B BROOKLYN MagaZine.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-02-15
Spring Water Crank. at Saratoga.

Speaking Of cranks, the spring water
cranks should not be overlooked by any
means They have let their minds run So
long upon the healing qualities of the
mineral waters. have pondered so ire
mendOusly upon the analysis and various
relative qualities of the springs, the hours
of the day when one water should be
drunk and another esChewed, just how
long before meals the water of one sprin gs
should be taken and just how long after
meals the waters Of another, that they
nave made themselves tie most terrific
persons to meet with IN conversational
way that the earth ha3 so far produced.
Il would be really difficult to imagine
more appalling torture than to be chained
up somewhere and talked to by one OF
these relentless beings on the subject OF
Saratoga spring water. They are such
well known and notorious terror that it is
only the veriest tyro here who does not
fly headlong at their approach, so they
are for the most part forced to associate
with each other and talk each other to
death.
Ancient ladies of the skinny variety, as
well as nice, neat little bilious old gentle
men, are the brands of people generally
the most readily afflicted with this I'M
fortunate form of mental disturban
and for few minutes, when you are in
no danger of being tackled pers onally by
one of them. it is aInusiPs enough to hear
them converse UOgeCner. They dote on
Going into painful physiological particu-
lars about their livers, and to inpart con
fdential communications about their
stomachs and other vital organs. They
will trace the history of a blue dill with
==1sr,eraI water accessories from the be-
ginning TO the end of its career Then
they begin the analysis of their complaints
and of the waters which they aPply at
different hours of the day to various parts
of them-the Congress at a certain hour.
the Hathorn at another, then the Wash
iDgton, the Hamilton. the Geysel. and
the Nichy and stu others. The amount
of dr. g-iOaded water that these artless
souls swill in the course of a day would
lay an ordinary person fiat on his back in
bed or in his coffin, yet they keep cheer
fully on and never seem the worse for it,
As for the natives themselves, they never
rink the water at all, and they rarely
die. For over thirty days there was not
single burial permit issued in the entire
village OF over 1900 inhabitants Sara
toga Letter. --,----.-
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xnna o. - ,epf.s rsattenbera.


The antagOnism between the prince
and the car is not of modern birth or
later growth 1t dates back from the
time when they were both children. They
used to meet every year at Darmstadt.
The Empress Marie of Russia was in the
habit of annually revisiting the city or
her birth, to spend few weeks with her
brothers. Alexander of HeSse, and the
former Grand Duke Louis III. They
we're so much liked by the Car z exam
tler IL that, in order to be near tn m, ne
had his summer residence at the castle or
Jugenheim, and never failed to summon
near him the two little Battenberg boys,
his nephews.
Prince Alexander was so particularly
favorite of the emperor that the jealous
rivalry of his own sons was thereby eX-
cited. Thus was laid the seeds of enmity
which has attracted so much attention.
One day at Jugenheim, the little Batten-
berg boy, seated on the cars knee toy
ing with his ORDERS asked the name Of one
particular star at is the cross of st.
George" answered his uncle, "a cross that
you VIII wear on your breast when you
are Russian general and have won your
first victory"
At these words OF his fathers the car
ewich turned away, impatiently mutter-
ing, so as to be heard, "Of course, all the
good things are for Germans now"
Are you not German yourself?" asked
tSe dauntles5 little boy. German blood
flows in your veins, imperial highness."
The czaTewitch never quite fOrgave or
wholly forgot the retOrt of the pampered
child whom in his heart he considered an
Objectionable poor relation; and there
never was then or thereafter much love
lost between the two cOuSins.-LOndOn
! Cor New York Sun.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-02-15
The Houses in Vienna

There are no such ambitious structures
in Vienna as in many places-nO six, seven,
ten, twelve story buildings such as you
see in some European and several Ameri-
can cities, for there il a law in Vienna
that no business or residence block shall
rise higher than four stories. They got
around this by counting from the first floor,
which in most European houses is found
at the top of the frs; story, so what in a
building you term the first story is no
story at all, and hence the Vienna house
may have what you count as five stories
As most of these are literally spaced be-
tween joints, they seem quite high enough
and with the multitude of projections
and Communications have very elegant
appearance. All builders seem to take
great pains in their work, and the result
is that Vienna has some Of the most ele-
CANT streets in the world. Foreign
Letter.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-02-15
HeIter-skeIter TraEeIinq.

I have often noticed how apt people are
to go on journey heller skelter and trust
to luck to bring them through all right in
the end. They have general idea as to
where they want to go and what trains
they want to catch, but apart from that
they leave the matter in the hands of the
conductor and Providence. The conse-
quence is that in many cases they take
the wrong trains and invariably miss con-
nectiOns. Then they abuse the railroad
company and all appertaining to it. They
never think that few inquiries made be-
forehand would have saved them a heap
of trouble and generally any amount of
profanity But of such is the travelling
public, and L don't suppose that any
preaching that l may do will have any
effect on them, and they will go on miss
ing connections and objurgating the rail
road companies for it till the crack Of
dOom.-Philadelph Call
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-02-15
Planting a Banana Garden.


Bananas are perhaps the only non
stimulating article of food that can grow
on the taste like a seductive tonic
Habitues would rather forego their
daily bread and would hardly miss pOta
toes, peas, or appless as long as they can
eat their fill Of the mus$tsapientum. And
Of that sweetmeat of natures refectory a
minium of culture will here produce a
yearly crop of $4,000 pounds an acre
enough to feed family of gluttoms the
year round. The Cuernavaca variety
produces a fruit from ten to fourteen
inches in length, and a single bunch often
contains more than 300 of such fruit.
After banana garden has once been
set out and got well rooted, subsequent
work for a ten-acre orchard does not re-
quire more than a weeks labor per year.
1t simply cOnsits in gathering the ripe
punches and cutting off the stem of the
palm-like parent plant. If left alone, that
stem will slowly wither; but if cut off
close 70 the ground the root stock pro
duces new shoots, which can either be
transplanted or suffered to grow up in
stu, to ripen their crop in the course of
the next year. Maupertafs enumerates a
dozen different reasons in support of his
theory that man was originally a native
of the northern tropics, but to me the
best proof always seemed the circum-
stance that those regions comprise high
lands combining an abundance of ba-
nanas with a complete freedom from
insect plaques and climatic diseases.
Banana planters have superior facili-
ties for bee-culture, for the flower petals
of the musa drip with abundant honey,
but in Mexico that abundance betrays it
self chiefly in butterfly swarms, which
uaturalists are apt TO recollect, together
with the myriads of glittering IriscrOws
that compete for the gleaniugs of the
south Mexico banana country.-Dr, Felix
l.. Oswald in Chicago Times.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-02-15
An Alaskan Rob Roy.

KIanat, a chief OF the Chiclat Indians
of Alaska, who has held possession of a
mountain pass through which all must
pass to reach the new mines on the river
Yukon, has been demanding and receiv-
ing toll from travellers all summer, his de-
mands increasing with success. His lat
est victim was Archbishop Seghers He
asked him a double price tor certain ser
vices, and when the archbishop eXpostu-
lated he laid violent hands on him and
robbed him of ali the money he had. This
led to the Alaskan Rob Roy's arrest. and
he will be tried for his highway robbery.
New York Sun
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-02-15
whv the Hero Was Nonplussed.

The other day II lady was knocked down III
the Strand by horse, but happily escaped
with a few scratches. \ gentleman rescued
her and said, Can I get you anytbing?"
She much ont of breath and gas,Jing with
excitement - Oh-ah-can you kindly get
ME
He-Some brandy?
She-No; not drink; some safety pins l
feel I'm falling all to pieces!-Londop Life.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-02-15
European Eggs.

About seven-eighths of the European
eggs received in this country are lined.
They are shipped to this country from
Antwerp, Copenhagen and Hamburg.
Those coming from Antwerp are gathered
in Belgium, Italy, and France, those
from Copenhagen in Denmark, and those
from Hamburg in Germany.-ChicagC
Times
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-02-15
Considered Very Clever.

SpooDy couples at NarTaganset pier
when surprised by passers-by in the midst
of confidential chat have the habit of
saying And er-then, you know" which
occupies the time until the intruder is out
OF hearing. The phrase is considered
very clever EXCHANGE
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-02-15

Libraries are a feature of the jails IN
Tucatan. Mex
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-06-19
Russia Back of tho Herat Revolt.

LONDON, June 16.-News comes from
Vienna that the recent revolt of troops at
the Herat garrison was instigated by Rus
sian emissaries in the interest of AyOob
Khan, the Ameer's brother, who is now q
virtual prisoner in Persia. The real object
of the revolt which did not prove as for
midable as was expected, owing to the
miscarriage of some of the plans Of the
conspratOrs, was to furnish pretext for
Russia to seize Herat under the pretence
of restoring order and saving the town
from destruction at the hands OF the insur-
gents, and having obtained possession Of
that stronghold, retain it.
The selection of Ayoob Khan as the
scapegoat of the plot was perhaps the best
that could have been made. AyOob Kean,
when he was troublesome TO Russia and
stood in the way of the fruition Of Rus
sia's aggressive plans in Afghanistan, was
sent TO Persia in exile, and the Shah, not
wishing to offend the Car, consented to
keep him within the limits Of the Persian
boundary. An insurrection in his favor in
Afghanistan would not, in the natural
Ol bC bp ishnoiAhh All
trigue, for it would seem that this con-
tinued confinement in Persia in
the present state of Afghan affairs would
be most desirable TO Russia.
But an insurrectiOn in the real or osten-
sible interest of Ayoob Khan need not
languish because of his enforced absence
and the plans for precipitating an out
break of Ghilzai soldiers in the Ameer's
army were not retarded on that account.
The present insurrection against the Ameer
was started by the chief Of the Ghilzais,
Seydar Khan, in the interest Of the
pretensions of AyOob Khan and Seydar
Khan has several times since been in
communication with Ayoob with the
object of securing his active assistance
in furthering the ends of the revolution.
These circumstances combined to render
most plausible the theory that a revolt al
Herat would at once be attributed 10 the
intrigues of Ayoob, and the inventors oI
schemes in Russia set themselves at work
to carry out the plan which, had il been
successful, would have secured 20 Russia
at the cost of few shots what in the ordi
nary course of warfare could only be at
tained, if ut all, by long, bloody con
d;c4
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-06-19
FOREIGN news
MILAN BETWEEN TWO BAD FIRES.
His Wife Plotting on One Side and Russia on
the Other.
CIVIL WAR IMMINENT In SERVIA
ROYAL Visitors in LOndOn-Gsnsral Cable
News.

VIENNA, June 1S.-It is reported that
King Milan, of Servia, appointed Risties as
Premier in order to regain Russian infiu'
ence, so as to counteract the intrigues ofhis
wife to have him deposed. He will now,
it is said, sue for divorce.
1t is also stated that Russian agents in
Servia are endeavoring to foment another
conflict between Servia and Bulgaria,
through which the Cars Government
hopes to accomplish the occupation oi
Bulgaria and perhaps Servia also. King
Milan has long seen the danger of Russian
inf uence in his kingdom, but has relied
upon the friendship of Austria to prevent
serious results. He now finds himself be,
tween two fires he has in great measure
lost the confidence and support Of Austria,
and although his Government is altogether
Russian in its tendencies, he himself is in
disgrace with the Gar and entirely at his
mercy. The same influence that compelled
King Milan, in Difference to popular clamoI
to make war upon Bulgaria is again ai
work, and it is likely that he will again
find himself forced to take up arms in order
to save himself from being dethroned by
his subjects.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-06-19
Patsy O,Leary Victorious.

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, June 1S.-A
fight took place last night between Patsy
Carroll, of Buffalo, and Patsy O'Leary, OF
Cincinnati, at house near this city. The
match was for $500, and was fought under
Queensbury rules with l ounce gloves.
O'Leary won in five rounds. oLeary
landed heavy blows on CarroiPs neck
repeatedly. while CarrolPs blows were
low and short. In the first
round neck blows partly dazed
Carroll. and a continuation of the same
ended in his complete knockout at the
close of the fifth round. After the third
round O'Leary had his own way, although
Carroll stood up manfully to the last. The
first blood was drawn in the second round,
and at the finish Carroll's face ives badly
cut, while O'Leary's countenance bore
scarcely a bruise
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-06-19
AMELANCHoLY BRIDE.

Married Less Than Week, She ENDS Her
Life With u Pistol.
NEW YORK, June 1s.-Mrs. Pearl Lacey
a handsome young woman, aged 22 years,
who had been married less than year,
shot herself in her room at No. 43 Wash,
ington Square this morning at one o'clock,
and died few hours later at st. Vincents'
Hospital.
Mrs. Lacey was the daughter of we'll
to-do farmer living near Newark, o. Hav,
ing become engaged TO marry Edward
Lacey, a bartender, she came East at bis
request and met him at Newark, N. j.,
where they were married June l. They
came to this city and occupied furnished
room OH Washington Square. Since her
marriage she seemed to be constant VIC
tim 10 homesicknesS and melancholia, an
remained in her room crying the greater
portion of the time.
When her husband reached home after
daylight this morning he found her writing
what afterwards proved to be an announce
ment of her intention to kill herself. Soon
after they retired she arose, and a couple
of minutes later pistol shot aroused heI
husband, who sprapg up in time to catch
her as she fell with blood flowing from q
bullet wound at the base of the skull.
Other inmates of the house rushed in and
she exclaimed
al did il. did not want to live"
Mrs. Lacey was taken in an ambulance
to the hospital, but nothing could be done
to save her.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-06-19
QUEER THINGS IN GEORGIA.
Mysterious Rainfall That Has wildly Ex-
cited the Negroes.

AUGUSTA, GA, June ls.-Rain on a
small SPOT at the corner OF Forsyth and
Watkins streets has been falling for ten
hours, though the day is hot and the sky
clear
The Erening NeIrs gives this account:
In front of the house No. 620 Forsyth
street, occupied by Mr.. John Phillips, rain
was seen falling in minute drops. 1t
made an impression on the surface of the
ground, and by putting down sheet OF
paper, the pattering Of the rain could be
distinctly heard.
The falling rain was first discovered by
Mr.. Phillips neighbor, Mrs. Lee, about o
O'Clock Thursday night. At IL o'clock
Yesterday morning the water continued
falling. A large crowd witnessed the mys-
terry, and were amazed upon viewing the
spectacle. The distance within which the
| rain fell is about two feet in diameter. At
noon the rain ceased falling, which is sup
posed to have been caused from the heat OF
the sun upon the earth absorbing the water
rs it fell.
Last night the spray again came down
Negroes in the locality are going wild over
the phenomenon.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-06-19

There were two deaths from sunstroke
in Chicago Friday.
The town of DuNburY, Mass, yesterday
celebrated its 25Oth anniversary.
There were three new cases oil yeilo"
fever, hut no deaths, at Key West, Friday.
The stockholders of the Illinois Central
decided to increase the capital stock ny
$4,000, 600.
Hailstones as big as walnuts fell during
a heavy storm of wind and rain at kalama-
zoo, Mich.
The first wheat from this years crop
was sold ON the Baltimore Exchange at one
dollar per bushel.
The SIormous have called q Pention
to meet at Salt Lake June 80, to take steps
toward securing the admission OF Utah as
a State.
The Michigan Senate has passed the hlgn
license hill, with a slight reduction OF the
tax, which the house will probably try TO
increase.
AT Ninden, Mich Norman Mcleod was
fatally stabbed with dirk knife by Mel
son Cole. They had quarreled over a dance
number.
John Wales, prominent citizen OF Llo,
erty. Sullivan county, n. Y, wasshot and
killed by Custis FiSke, clerk IN q haru-
ware store in that village.
Fred Morgan was hanged at Louisville,
Ga. for numbering his mistress, Emma
Lewis. Both colOred. Morgan hrst shOt
and then diSembOweled her.
&c. Rickenbaugh, Esq, has been aP-
pointad the first Republican Probate Judge
of Seneca county, o., by the Governor, to
fiji the vacancy caused by the death oi
Judge Noble.
Right Rev. Bishop Keane, of the Catho-
lie Diocese of Virginia, returned home
Yesterday after an absence OF seven months
i'm Europe. He was given n brilliant re-
eeption at the Richmond Theater.
The Board of Visitors Of the AndoVer
Mas. Theological Seminary have deer
ded upOn the removal of Prof. Smyth ana
his adherents in the Faculty, whose OIL
fenses are denial OF the pleuaray insplra-
tion of the entire Bible" and holding
that there is probation for the sinner after
death -
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-06-19
DIsturherS Warned.

COLUMBIA, s. c., June l8.-LabOr agi-
tators and incendiaries like Hoover, who
was recently shot in Georgia, are at work
in the northern portion of this State ere
ating trouble between the land owners and
colored labOrers The operatives in the
Fishing Creek cotton factory joined a labor
society and attempted to dictate terms,
but were Immediately discharged. The
Ignorant farm labOrers are being worked
upon. A strike at this time would be dis
astrous to the farmers and the State. 4
mass meeting OF leading farmers in Ches-
ter, York and Lancaster counties has been
held to denounce the sgitatOrs and warn
them to desist from their incendiary teach
ings. A committee of determined citi-
zens were appointed to warn the distur-
bers. If the warning is not needed force
will be used.